Hurricane Michael delays NC State Fair opening to Friday

There is still time to prepare for the high winds and rain expected from Hurricane Michael when in makes its way to the Carolinas as a tropical storm.

Along the coast, it was a rainy and windy Wednesday, but nearly every off-season business remained open.

Hurricane Michael made landfall as a Category 4 early afternoon Wednesday in Florida and is making its way through Georgia and Alabama Wednesday evening after weakening to a Category 3, according to the National Weather Service's 5 p.m. update.

Onslow County and most of Eastern North Carolina remains under a tropical storm watch, with southeastern counties under a tropical storm warning.

Winds are also expected to be strong enough to bring down trees already weakened from Florence, and some areas can expect to see up to 7 inches of rain Thursday.

The Waccamaw River, still at moderate flood levels from Florence, shouldn't see significant increases from Michael rainfall, the NWS notes. Wind speeds are expected to be highest along the coast and sounds.

And it could take days to get the power back on in some areas, "depending on the extent of damage, crews' ability to access remote areas, and conditions such as flooding after the storm", Duke Energy said. The middle of what will be a tropical storm will pass over the city at about noon, they added.

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